Flash Flood — Hamilton, Tennessee

2025-05-02 · near Hamillville, Hamilton, Tennessee

Event narrative

Pictures and videos from social media showed roughly 2 feet of water over Highway 153 at a gas station near the intersection of Highway 153 and Hamill Road.

Wider weather episode

An area of thunderstorms moved into eastern Tennessee during the afternoon hours on May 2, 2025. Damaging wind reports were seen throughout the Cumberland plateau and Tennessee valley, but the strongest storms and greatest concentration of severe weather reports were mainly in the southern Tennessee valley. Flash flooding, damaging winds, and even some severe sized hail were seen there.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1251452. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.